December 2015
HOLIDAY GUIDE
By KC Cowan and Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Art Sale: The Multnomah Art
Center (7688 SW Capitol Hwy)
will hold its annual winter sale the
first weekend of December. Buy
original art for your holiday gifts.
Everything is crafted by MAC students
and instructors and includes ceramics,
weaving, jewelry, paintings, wood-
works, photography and more.
Proceeds support local arts education
and local artists. Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 3 and 4 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Multnomah Village Holiday
Gala: Fun for the whole family
beginning on Friday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.
when Santa Claus shows up. Enjoy
live music, horse drawn carriage
rides, and special events at local
businesses. It culminates with the tree
lighting in front of Neighborhood
House at 6:42 p.m. And don’t forget
to buy your wreaths and holiday
swags available from Troop 229! Then
Saturday, Dec. 5, at 8 a.m., enjoy the
Kiwanis Breakfast with Santa
fundraiser at the Lucky Lab Brewpub.
Later, decorate your own gingerbread
house at Riversgate Church, 7634 SW
Capitol Hwy.
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Festival of Lights: Congregation
Neveh Shalom holds its Chanukah
Festival for families. Kids can create
their own menorah, make sufganiyot
(jelly donuts), play dreidel, enjoy a
story time, music and dancing. Free
and open to all. Sunday, Dec. 6, 9:30
a.m. to noon. Congregation Neveh
Shalom is located at 2900 SW Peaceful
Lane. For more information, call 503-
293-7309.
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Children’s Choir: The Heart of
the Valley Children’s Choir
performs a holiday program at the
Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave.
Saturday, Dec. 12, 10:45 a.m. The choir
was founded 31 years ago and is a
nonprofit organization dedicated to
providing musical experiences for the
youth of Oregon’s mid-Willamette
Valley. Free. For more information,
call 503-988-5123.
Quilling: Take your Christmas cards
to a new level. Create a beautiful,
three-dimensional piece of art using
paper strips. Quilling is the age-old art
of paper curling, invented in the 16th
century by French and Italian monks
CALENDAR
as a way to embellish book covers.
Learn the basics at the Hillsdale
Library, 1525 SW Sunset Blvd. on
Saturday, Dec. 12, 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Registration required; register online,
in the library or by calling 503-988-
5234.
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Swap Meet: Just in time for the
h o l i d ay s ! C l e an o u t y o u r
closets, attics, and basements,
then bring good, unwanted items
(mostly small) to this free swap. Put
out your items then you can browse
for something to take home. Tuesday,
Dec. 15 from 6–8 p.m. at the Garden
Home Community Library, 7306 SW
Oleson Road. Accepted items:
clothing, small appliances, books,
jewelry, small furniture, games, and
décor. Anything left at the end of the
night will be donated to local charity.
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The Best Christmas Pageant
Ever: What happens when the
worst kids in town nab all the main
parts in the Christmas pageant? Lots
of laughter. This classic holiday play
opens on Dec. 18 and runs through
Dec. 23 with evening and matinee
shows. All performances at the
Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S.
State Street in Lake Oswego. For ticket
reservations call 503-635-3901 or order
online at www.lakewood-center.org.
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The Christmas Ships: The
holiday fleet will be hosting a
“Meet & Greet” event on Saturday,
Dec. 19, 3–5:30 p.m. on the public
dock in front of the RiverPlace Hotel,
1510 SW Harbor Way (Three blocks
south of the Hawthorne Bridge). See
the Christmas Ships up close and
personal, meet the captains, take
pictures, meet Santa and Mrs. Claus,
or just enjoy the holiday season with
these amazing sailors. Parade to Lake
Oswego follows this event.
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A Holiday Postcard: Celebrate
the season with an all-Baroque
holiday program featuring Handel’s
“Messiah.” The Portland Chamber
Orchestra will also include works by
Corelli and Vivaldi. Paired with the
concert is an exhibition titled “Beyond
the Score” featuring 70 years of photo
history of the Portland Chamber
Orchestra. Sunday, Dec. 20 at 3 p.m.
at the Agnes Flanagan Chapel, Lewis
& Clark College, 0615 SW Palatine Hill
Road. For ticket information, call 503-
771-3250.
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New Year’s Eve at Noon: Can’t
stay up late to ring in 2016?
Come enjoy arts and crafts, games,
bouncy house, dancing, snacks, and
count down to 2016 at noon, instead
of midn ight ! The fun is a t the
Mittleman Jewish Community Center,
6651 SW Capitol Hwy. on Thursday,
Dec. 31, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 pm. From
12:30–2 p.m. there will be a Pool Float
Party. Free.
Catholic Means
Everyone!
Community of
Ss Brendan and
Brigid
A congregation
in the Catholic
Tradition
Meeting at
2201 SW Vermont, Portland
www.catholicswithadifference.com